Our weekly round up of workplace news from around the web. 

• BisNow reports that 3.9 million workers, or almost 3% of the total U.S. workforce, is working from home at least half the time, challenging designers to compete with the comforts of home.
• If used in the right way, says Forbes, technology could have the ability to positively influence and support workplace humanity rather than push it away.
• Google’s future campus near a growing transit hub seeks to revitalize downtown San Jose. Read more from Curbed.
• AZ Big Media reports on CoreNet’s recent event which highlighted the importance of the need for facility managers to start embracing technology now.